All travellers

Get your Mumps, Measles, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine before going to Lesotho. These vaccines may have been given during childhood, but over time, your immunity may have weakened, thus making you susceptable to being infected. Immunity testing is available, and if the levels are found to be non protective, then the vaccination should be given.

Get your Tetanus, Diphtheria, and acelluar Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine before going to Lesotho. During childhood, the Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP) vaccine may have been given, but over time, your immunity may have weakened. Shim Clinic recommends that every 10 years, you should repeat the adult version, which is the Tdap vaccine.

Get your Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccine before going to Lesotho. Particularly for those who recall never having been infected with Chickenpox in the past. Varicella immunity testing is available. And if levels are found to be not protective, then the vaccination should be given.

Get your Polio vaccine before going to Lesotho. Although this vaccine may have been given during childhood, but over time, your immunity may have weakened, thus making you susceptable to being infected.

Get your annual Influenza (Flu) vaccine before going to Lesotho. Every 6 months, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issues new Influenza vaccine composition recommendations. As the recommended composition may change with each season, Shim Clinic recommends that you should keep yourself updated with the latest vaccine.

Most travellers

Get these travel vaccines and medications, because there is a risk of these diseases when visiting Lesotho

You can get typhoid through contaminated food or water in Lesotho. Shim Clinic recommends this vaccine for most travellers, especially if you are staying with friends or relatives, visiting smaller cities or rural areas, or if you are an adventurous eater.

Some travellers

Shim Clinic recommends these vaccines and medications when travelling to Lesotho based on, where you are going, how long you are stying, and what you will be doing, and from what country you will be travelling from.

You can get Hepatitis B through sexual contact, contamiated needles, and blood products, so Shim Clinic recommends this vaccine if you might bave sex with a new partner, get a tattoo or piercing, or have any medical procedures in Lesotho.